International artist Megan Shung and her trio brings the world of classical, jazz, rock and electronic music to APAC in a dizzying array of violin artistry which has entranced audiences from Asia to America.

Admission is free with RSVP via Eventbrite or $20 donation at the door.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/megan-shung-trio-tickets-267331434517

Based on the ideology of the 18th century English garden, field recordings from the immediate surroundings of the performer and slow-moving instrumental sounds act as landscape features that guide the visitor along on their exploration of the urban soundscape.

This is an All ages event.

https://dice.fm/partner/wild-up/event/pkrdw-an-urban-archive-as-an-english-garden-22nd-may-frankie-los-angeles-tickets

Join us for a rare Los Angeles appearance from Switzerland-based electronic musician Jason Kahn, here performing a solo set as part of a massive tour. Casey Anderson opens the night with a solo performance. This night also features a duo performance by Kahn and Anderson. Jason’s new CD on a wave press, awp018: Lacunae, will be available for purchase at the show.

$5

https://withfriends.co/event/14359733/jason_kahn_casey_anderson_solos_duo

Musical exchange and fantasy form are the inspirations for a program of preludes, fantasies, and other short works by nine composers spanning half a millennium. Two new commissions by Anthony Cheung and Christopher Cerrone fantasize on one another’s musical ideas, and Schumann is the inspiration for Augusta Read Thomas’ Morse Code Fantasy, introduced by an “unmeasured” prelude by Louis Couperin and a miniature by Gyorgy Ligeti. 

Ligeti – Musica Ricercata no. 1 [2’]
Christopher Cerrone – Passagework [9’] (West Coast Premiere)
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L. Couperin – Unmeasured Prelude in F [2’]
Anthony Cheung – Holding Patterns [15’] (World Premiere)
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Augusta Read Thomas – Morse Code Fantasy/Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, iii. [5’]
Timo Andres – How Can I Live in Your World of Ideas? [9’]

Intermission

Kaija Saariaho – Ballade (2006) [6’]
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Warum? [2:30’]
Beethoven – Sonata Op. 27 no. 1 in E flat major ‘Quasi una Fantasia’ [15’]

Join the LA Max community at Coaxial Arts Foundation on May 26, 2022 at 7 PM.

This is the first of a monthly series of meetups focused on the creation of music and multimedia art using the software Max by Cycling ‘74. The monthly series will feature workshops, talks, performances from artists and educators who use Max, plus free time and space to learn, patch, and hang out with others who love computer music and art.

This event is free and welcomes people of all skill levels, experiences, races, genders, sexual orientations, and nationalities. There will also be food and drink available for free.

https://withfriends.co/event/14312311/max_meetup_los_angeles

Teapsips
Louis Lopez & Joshua Gerowitz
Tatsuya Nakatani, Vinny Golia & Patrick Shiroishi

Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan, he makes his home in the desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. With his activity in new music, improvisation, and experimental music, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration.
Nakatani's distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his personally hand-carved Kobo Bows, he has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.

https://withfriends.co/event/14381148/tatsuya_nakatani_returns_to_la

STRANGE MOON is a joyful convergence between Los Angeles-based Strange Interlude and Seattle-based Kin of the Moon. This program includes World Premieres of new works by Massachusetts composer John Howell Morrison (“Groundhog Night”), East Tennessee composer William Wright (“Find Me in the Dark”), Washington composer Kaley Lane Eaton and Minnesota composer Jessi Harvey (“Lemur Meets Panda”).

COVID-19 Protocols

We don't know yet what regulations will be in place on May 29th, but please be vaccinated and up-to-date on your boosters. Similarly, by that date, masks may or may not be required indoors - it never hurts to bring one with you!

Parking

MONK SPACE does not have venue parking, but there are many available (and free) options along residential streets nearby, as well as parking along Western Avenue.

Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strange-moon-ii-four-premieres-for-harp-viola-cello-flute-voice-tickets-262230467387

Nathaniel Gumbs honed his musical craft learning to play by ear in his Baptist church in the Bronx, sneaking in on Saturday nights to teach himself how to play the church’s organ. Now serving as Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, Gumbs has championed traditional spirituals, recording an album with Dashon Burton titled Songs of Struggle, as well as underperformed music of Black composers. Hold On, We Shall Overcome! presents concert music of western European and African American composers, world premiere arrangements of traditional hymns, and spirituals from the vibrant Black church tradition.

Program:

HOLLINS - Concert Overture No. 2 in C minor
FRANCK - Choral No. 1 in E major
KARG-ELERT - “Harmonies du Soir,” Op. 72, No. 1 (from Three Impressions for Organ)
PRICE - First Sonata for Organ
TRADITIONAL (ARR. BY JOSEPH JOUBERT) - “Hold On” (world premiere, commissioned by N. Gumbs)
TRADITIONAL (ARR. BY JOHN STODDART) - “Soon-a will be done” (world premiere, commissioned by N. Gumbs)
TRADITIONAL (ARR. WILLIAM BOLCOM) - “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (from Gospel Preludes, Book 1)
Uzee BROWN - Church Yard Chatter
TRADITIONAL (ARR. CARL HAYWOOD) - “We Shall Overcome”

https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1418/2022-05-29/hold-on-we-shall-overcome-with-nathaniel-gumbs

Wild Up continues its Sunday night series at 2220 with a dynamic brass program led by Jonah Levy, mattie barbier, and others.

Program:

Sarah Davachi: Long Gradus
Becca Schack: world premiere
Olivier Messiaen: Interstellar Call
George Lewis: Artificial Life
mattie barbier: untitled i
Raven Chacon: Tááʼtsʼáadah
Sarah Davachi: Long Gradus
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michael's Abschied

https://dice.fm/event/8b697-wild-up-fanfares-against-an-early-sunset-29th-may-2220-arts-archives-los-angeles-tickets

Rooted in hypnotic melodies and mutated soundscapes, Glyph is the collaborative project of Kane Lafia and L. Coats.

Alexandria Sloate, the multi-talented vocalist of punk band Pure Shit, presents a solo performance under the moniker Perfect Blue

L.A. knob solderer and voltage controller Vortal Curb returns for a night of heavy, atmospheric synthesis.

LIG is the drone inversion of the band GIL, self-described as "LA Doom en español".

$10

https://withfriends.co/event/14359474/glyph_vortal_curb_lig_perfect_blue_live_at_coaxial

After waiting two years, we are so excited to present the second iteration of our Emerging Artist Series!

Percussionist and composer Jordan Curcuruto (first photo) and violin duo The Furies (Maiani da Silva and Kate Outterbridge, in second photo, by Lawrence D'Attilio) are each taking a half of the show, presenting newly composed and newly arranged works that address and attempt to process the unprecedented times we have collectively lived through the past few years.

Jordan Curcuruto's set:
Kurt Schwitters - Ursonate
Christopher Adler - Zaum Box
Jordan Curcuruto - Munus
Colin Horrocks & Jordan Curcuruto - New Work


The Furies' set:
Eve Beglarian - Did He Promise You Tomorrow? w/ film by Jennifer Bewerse, Middle Ear Project
Jennifer Bewerse - Bloom
Jocy de Oliveria (arr. Furies) - Sofia Suicidou-se / Pecou a Rosa
Thundercunt - Dirty Little Secret
Nina Shekhar - Dark Red Sky
Traditional/Shirley Collins (arr. Kate Outterbridge) - Hare on a Mountain
Bat For Lashes (arr. The Furies) - Horse & I (feat. Jordan Curcuruto)


$25 General Admission

$15 Students/Seniors/Artists experiencing financial hardship due to Covid
Please bring proof of vaccination + booster and wear a mask inside the theater.

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5440875

Lyrics from Lockdown is a groundbreaking multimedia production created by hip hop theater innovator and spoken word artist Bryonn Bain. This true story begins with Bain’s wrongful imprisonment while studying law at Harvard and weaves together the voices of more than forty characters, fusing hip hop, spoken word, R&B, calypso, and classical music. See this award-winning theatrical production during a one-night-only event to celebrate the launch of the Center for Justice at UCLA and the release of Bain’s book Rebel Speak: A Justice Movement Mixtape, foreword by Dr. Angela Davis and conversations with Chuck D, Harry Belafonte, Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, and Dolores Huerta.

The For Freedoms exhibition Another Justice: By Any Media Necessary showcasing the art of women incarcerated at Victorville Federal Prison, will be on view throughout the night.

https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/2002/2022-06-02/lyrics-from-lockdown

Chamber music for clarinet and string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christopher Cerrone, Emma O'Halloran, and Franz Schubert.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 
Christopher Cerrone - Clarinet Quintet (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)
Emma O'Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night 
Franz Schubert - String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kaleidoscope-performs-in-pasadena-7pm-saturday-june-4-2022-tickets-292101231647

In partnership with Boston Court and Outpost Concert Series, the inaugural Synchromy Opera Festival delivers an inglorious, dynamic take on this digital life. In Vera Ivanova’s comic opera, The Double, the troubled hero believes that his digital social profile is acting independently in an attempt to take over his life. For librettist Sarah LaBrie, this operatic re-imagining of Dostoevsky’s classic novel is newly relevant, as “many of us are coming to terms with what it means to be a citizen of a country founded on a dream that clashes glaringly with the reality many of us confront.” Directed by Alexander Gedeon, The Double features Brightwork Ensemble conducted by Marc Lowenstein.

Roman, Ian Dicke’s multimedia opera in two acts, questions the morality of designing intelligent machines to exhibit human behaviors. The central character, an AI assistant, is performed by a sung robotic voice and appears as a projection on a scrim. Director June Carryl says, “In Roman, what's toxic is giving ourselves wholesale to tech without boundaries, without a sense of right and wrong, only logical conclusions.” Conductor Thomas Buckley and the Koan Quartet accompany the human and virtual performers.

https://synchromy.org/opera-festival/

Gates open at 6:00pm.
Concert begins at 8:00pm.

Join the Pasadena Symphony and POPS for a free concert under the stars! Resident POPS Conductor Larry Blank leads the orchestra in a celebration of the best of the Great American Songbook that will get you “Dancin’ in the Streets”!

Arrive early for gourmet food trucks, a musical instrument petting zoo, and pre-concert family fun!

This concert is free to the public, no tickets or reservations are required. The concert will last about 75 minutes.

Larry Blank, conductor
Laura Dickinson, soloist
Matthew Johnson, soloist
Valarie Pettiford, soloist
Donald Brinegar Singers & JPL Chorus

Sounds of protest take center stage when Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Phil in music by Angélica Negrón and a world premiere by Victor Agudelo. Special guest singers join the orchestra to celebrate iconic protest music from Latin America and the U.S., ranging from the pro-democracy and workers’ rights Nueva cancion, tropicalismo, and tonada songs made famous by legendary artists like Mercedes Sosa, Violeta Parra, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Simón Díaz to contemporary anthems that resonate with today’s activists.

Artists

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Devendra Banhart
Edna Vazquez
iLe
Mon Laferte
Rodrigo Amarante
Silvana Estrada

https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1698/2022-06-04/canto-en-resistencia

Chamber music for clarinet and string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christopher Cerrone, Emma O'Halloran, and Franz Schubert.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 
Christopher Cerrone - Clarinet Quintet (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)
Emma O'Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night 
Franz Schubert - String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kaleidoscope-performs-in-santa-monica-2pm-sunday-june-5-2022-tickets-292106397097

UCLA faculty guitarist Peter Yates will compare music by 17^th-century singer-songwriters Carlo Gesualdo and John Dowland with his own compositions in the medium. With guest artist Alexandra Grabarchuk.

Featured will be the premiere of his song-cycle Crimes of Passion and the first full performance of the duo version of his chamber oratorio The Muir Symposium. 

Admission free!

"In The Garden"

A Dawn to Dusk Meditation of Holy Love & Music
Devotional Interpretations, Improvisations & Originals Spontaneously Performed by Chloe Scallion on Gulbransen Theatrum Electric Organ

Brings blankets, comfort items, candles, incense, books, diaries, prayers, intentions, open hearts.
Tea and bread will be served all day.

Free

https://withfriends.co/event/14389742/in_the_garden

In a country at a crossroads, where the intersection of manifest destiny meets gentrification and history meets personal experience, Hearne’s Place explores the complex and contentious map of the place we call home.

LA Phil New Music Group
Ted Hearne, composer and conductor
Saul Williams and Ted Hearne, libretto
Patricia McGregor, director

https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1446/2022-06-07/place

Singer and songwriter Mon Laferte is one of the most revered, respected, and beloved musicians in Chile today. Her music brings together the sonic traditions of her native country and that of Mexico, where she lives, with the maximalist punch of globally minded pop, while her lyrics powerfully address the issues facing women, people of color, and the impoverished in Latin America. Defiantly outspoken, she’s also the winner of four Latin Grammys, including most recently Best Singer Songwriter Album, for her 2021 album Seis. Written in the mountains of Tepoztlán, Mexico, and inspired by both Mexican singer Chavela Vargas—whose songs freely celebrated love between women—and by the 2019 protests against human rights abuses in Chile, the album was also nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award. Her most recent album, 1940 Carmen, released in October 2021, is a snapshot of her time in Los Angeles, during the first semester of that year.

https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1381/2022-06-08/rescheduled-mon-laferte

CURRENT: HEARTBEAT
Run time: 64 minutes

SHELLEY WASHINGTON CURATOR
BOSS WITCH PRODUCTIONS EXPERIENCE DESIGN
HSUAN-KUANG HSIEH PROJECTION DESIGNER
SUGAR VENDIL PIANO

An exuberant outpouring of friendship, community, and found family, CURRENT: HEARTBEAT celebrates the intersectionality of classical music. Curated by LACO Sound Investment composer Shelley Washington, the dynamic program features sonic experiences by cutting-edge interdisciplinary artists and composers in an intimate and unexpected setting.

The Grammy Award winning PARTCH Ensemble returns to REDCAT with two world premieres. Having given the virtual premiere choreography of Harry Partch’s “Castor & Pollux” at REDCAT in June 2021, the “wonderful rollicking” (New York Times) Sarah Swenson & Vox Dance Theatre return for a live performance of the entire triptych of Plectra & Percussion Dances, the composer’s 45-minute “Evening of Dance Theatre” that has never been choreographed in its entirety since being written 70 years ago. Then the ensemble partners with the “luminous yet corporeal” (Los Angeles Times) Del Sol Quartetin Taylor Brook’s One Footed for string quartet and Partch instruments, paying homage to Harry Partch’s “One-Footed Bride” chart that explores the expressive qualities of “emotion,” “power,” and “suspense” inherent in his exquisitely tuned musical universe.

https://www.redcat.org/event/partch-ensemble

This semi-staged oratorio is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text about the journey of the soul as it seeks union with the Divine. The oratorio is directed and choreographed by André Megerdichian, and features an original libretto by Sholeh Wolpé.

André Megerdichian, director
Anne Harley, soprano (Hoopoe)
Fahad Siadat, tenor (Narrator)
Catalina Jackson-Urueña, dancer
HEX Ensemble, vocal sextet
C3LA: The Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angles, choir

Fahad SIADAT Conference of the Birds (LA Premiere)

Tickets and information: thebroadstage.org/performances